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2022-12-17 Africa Subsaharan

France attempted to assassinate Russian in Africa, Wagner Group head claims

See here for the report from Russia.

[Jerusalem Post] Leaders from a Russian mercenary group are pointing fingers at France for a recent attack in an African nation.

The head of a Russian private militia accused France of attempting to assassinate the head of a Russian representative office in the Central African Republic, who was seriously injured on Friday after opening a mail bomb.

Dmitry Syty, head of the "Russian House," was taken to a hospital in the capital Bangui and by late afternoon his condition was serious but stable, the Russian Embassy said, according to the Russian RIA Novosti news agency.

Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of the once-secretive Russian private military contractor Wagner Group, which has supported Central African Republic's (CAR) army since 2018 but gained wider attention with its role in Russia's war in Ukraine, blamed France for the attack.

French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna said the claims were false. "It's even a good example of Russian propaganda and the fanciful imagination that sometimes characterizes this propaganda," she told journalists on a trip to Morocco.

France is the former colonial ruler in CAR, a gold- and diamond-rich country of 4.7 million people whose government is fighting several rebel insurgencies. Since 2018 it has been assisted by hundreds of Russian operatives, including many from Wagner.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-12-17 11:12|| || Front Page|| [11138 views ] Top

#1 A bungled attempt. Obviously it wasn't Israel.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-12-17 11:22|| 2022-12-17 11:22|| Front Page Top

#2 A bungled attempt.

So you are saying it was the CIA?

Funny thing, Poland's top cop was injured on Wednesday when a package sent by the head of Ukraine's emergency services exploded. Unclear as yet whether the gift was military hardware (a grenade launcher) or a bomb. Somebody has some 'splaining to do!

Posted by SteveS 2022-12-17 12:46|| 2022-12-17 12:46|| Front Page Top

#3 There was the sinking of the Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior in 1955. So there are prior actions ...but that was successful.

...Or the Russians don't want to be embarrassed by a 'Workplace Accident' (in the Palestinian sense).

Posted by magpie 2022-12-17 16:29|| 2022-12-17 16:29|| Front Page Top

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